Culinary vessel.



J. E. BELL.

CULINARY VESSEL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1912.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

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JENNIE E. BELL, OF RIDGEWdOD, JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan, 21, 1913.

Application filed September 25, 1912. Serial No. 722,309.

' To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE E. BELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ridgewood, in the county of Bergen and State ofNew Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Vessels,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings. v

This invention relates to .new and useful improvements in cookingutensilsand more particularly to a'culinary vessel and.

my object is to provide a deyice of this character with an improvedcover therefor.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a cover havingdrainage and steam discharge orifices therein and a still further objectresides in providing a cover plate or valve for these orifices. I

Still another object of the invention re- .sides in providing animproved means for retaining the cover plate or valve in variousadjusted positions on the cover, and a still further object of theinvention resides in providing a device which is extremely simple anddurable in construction, 'inexpen-' sive to manufacture and one'whichwill be very eflicient and useful in operation.

With these and'other-objects' in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of arts aswill be hereinafter referred toand more particularly pointed out in thespecification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming, a part of this application, Figure1 is a perspective view of a vessel embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 isa fragmentary vertical section theretlirough. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the cover plate or valve removed; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentaryperspective view of that section of the cover having the. drainage orsteam discharge orifices therein.

In describing my invention, I shallrefer to the drawin in which similarreference characters designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views and in which 1 indicates a receptacle of the usual or anypreferred type, used for cooking purposes having the handle 2 securedthereto and resting on the upper edge of the receptacle is a cover 3,which is formed of sections hinged one to the other about centrally ofthe receptacle, as shown at 4. The receptacle is also provided atdiametrically opvided with a plurality jection are posite points thereonwith the spring locking clips 5 which are secured in the side walls ofthe receptacle and projected over the upper edge thereofto lock thesections of the cover 3 thereon. Thus the receptacle may be carried fromplace to place'without danger of the cover falling therefrom, after thesame has been once positioned on the receptacle.

The outer section of the-cover 3 is proof orifices 6, which will permitthe steam being discharged from the receptacle and at the same time willadmit of the water within the receptacle being drainedtherefron I haveprovided a cover plate 7 for these openings which is substantiallytriangular in design to correspond to the arrangement of the openingsinthe cover and is removably carried on the squared portion of a pin orbolt 8 which extends through the outer section of said cover 3 adjacentthe hinge 4. The free end of the pin .or bolt 8 which is disposed on theinner face of the cover' is engaged with a nut 9, while the head of thesame has an upwardly extending handle 10 formed thereon. From thisconstruction, it will be seen that the cover plate 7 may be readilyturned through the medium of this handle 10 toform a closure for theopenings 6 or to allow steam. to be discharged therefrom, as the casemay be. Also carried on the top face of the outer section of said cover3, is an arcuate angular projection 11, under which ,the outer end ofthe cover plate or valve 7 extends. This angular projection or the like11 forms a protection for the outer end of the. cover plate 7 and theends of this proprovided with the downwardly curved spfing lockingflanges 12. The upper face of the cover plate 7 is also provided, at itsouter edge with a plurality of notches 13 which are adapted to beengaged by these spring locking flanges 12, as said cover plate is drawnto one side or the other to allow certain of the openings to beuncovered. In this manner, the cover plate or valve 7 may be retained invarious-adjusted positions to allow a various number of openings to beuncovered as may be desired. It will, of course, beunderstood that whenit is dc sired to cook certain articles in the shortest possible time,the cover plate 7 will be disposed to completely cover the openings 6and when no hurry is required, the plate 7 may be adjusted to allowcertain of the openings to be uncovered, whereby. steam may bedischarged therefrom.

While I have described the openings 6 as being for the purpose ofpermitting the discharge of steam, it will also be understood that thesame are equally Well adapted for use as drainage openings to permitwater to be drained from the receptacle.

' From the foregoing description of the construction of my improveddevice, the operation thereof will be readily understood and it will beseen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eflicient means forcarrying out the objects of the invention. While I have particularlydescribed the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth,it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minordey tails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

' carried on t what I c aim is i- A cover for culinaryyesselsicomprisinga body having a plurality of openings therein, a cover plate for theopenings'pivotally e upper face of said body, said cover plate beinprovided with notches in the upper face t ereof, an angular a'rcuateprojection also carried on the upper face of said body under which theouter end of said cover plate extends, and spring locking lugs carriedat the ends of said projection and adapted to, engage the notches insaid cover plate to retain thelatter in various adjusted positions onthe body.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JENNIE E. BELL.

VVitneSSeS:

CALVIN B. SMITH, RONALD BnHOPPER.

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Washington, 110.

